Park Shin-ja Cup, which includes European teams, will be held as a pre-season in which all six WKBL teams will participate
Aug 07, 2025
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All six WKBL teams will play in the Park Shin-ja Cup, which has expanded its size by inviting European teams beyond Asia.
WKBL confirmed and announced the list of players participating in the '2025 BNK Financial Park Shinja Cup' to be held at Sajik Indoor Gymnasium in Busan from the 30th to September 7th.
A total of 134 people have registered to participate in the Park Shin-ja Cup, which marks its 10th anniversary this year, with 6 WKBL clubs and 10 teams from four countries, including Japan, Spain and Hungary. Samsung Life Insurance and KB Stars registered the largest number of 16, while Hungary's DVTK registered the smallest number of people with 10.
In previous years, the Park Shin-ja Cup was a competition venue for non-mainstream players, but recently, when it was promoted to an international competition, it has become a good pre-season stage where you can look at various hands-on experiences and power ahead of the regular season. As a result, all the main players were listed in the lineup.
The main players of each team, including Ahn Hye-ji (BNKsome), MVP of the 2024-2025 season championship match, Kim Dan-bi (Woori Bank), Kim Sonia (BNK), Heo Ye-eun (KB Stars), Kiana Smith and Bae Hye-yoon (Samsung Life Insurance), who were selected as the BEST 5 of the regular league last season, were included in the entry.
In particular, Park Ji-soo (KB Stars), who played in overseas leagues last season, was on the list of Park Shin-ja Cup participants for the first time in two years since the 2023 tournament, and national players such as Choi Yi-sam (Shinhan Bank) and Kang Yoo-rim (Samsung Life Insurance), who played for the national team at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup held in July, also predicted their participation. Asian quarter players such as Saki Iijima (Hana Bank) and Louis Mima (Shinhan Bank) will also be included in the entry and say hello to domestic fans for the first time.
Fujitsu, the unified Japanese W-League championship team, and Denso, the runner-up team, stand out Yuki Miyazawa, who won the 2024 Park Shin-ja Cup MVP, Rui Machida (Fujitsu) from the WNBA, and Maki Takada and Minami Yabu (Tenso), who played for the Japanese national team in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.
Players from European teams such as Spain and Hungary, who participate in the Park Shin-ja Cup for the first time, are also noteworthy. A large number of former European national team members, including Mariona Ortiz, who played for Spain at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Elena Pueo (Saragosa), who was selected by Connecticut in the 2024 WNBA draft, Hungarian national team Konyashi Veroniker, and Lithuanian national team Grygarauskite Monica (DVTK), will also visit Busan to participate in the Park Shinja Cup.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
